Business briefs for Sunday, August 25

Kimberly McBride has been named manager of the Hanover Baltimore Street office of Northwest Savings Bank, 1055 Baltimore St. Nancy May, president of the Eastern Region, made the announcement.

As manager of the Baltimore Street office, McBride will be responsible for customer service, administration, lending and business development. She will work with the commercial lending, business services and investment management areas of the bank to provide customers a full-range of financial services. She will also oversee the bank's involvement in community activities.

McBride has 22 years of banking experience and most recently served as manager for Wells Fargo in the Harrisburg and York areas.

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McBride received her associate's degree in business administration from Harrisburg Area Community College and her bachelor's degree in marketing from Shippensburg University.

On Aug. 5, Spade joined the GHI family. Spade brings over a decade of environmental experience to the company, which first included working for the York County Conservation District in Soil Erosion and Sediment Control and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting.

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Spade has worked for local consulting firms for the past nine years, in which time he has become proficient in environmental permitting and how it fits into the land development and subdivision process.

Most recently, Spade worked for natural gas clients in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, where he implemented a cost-effective and efficient program to complete the clients' culvert replacements, which were mainly on state roads. This work expanded his agency relationships to Pittsburgh and Huntington Districts of the US Army Corps of Engineers, Northern and Western Pa. Department of Environmental Protection reviewers, and additional PennDOT districts.

In Adams and York counties, he also has project manager experience and has attended local planning commission meetings, using his experience to represent clients to the best of his ability. Spade is also a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment (E&S) Control, which allows him to complete certain E&S and stormwater inspections that others cannot. He also has Phase 1 Environmental Assessment, septic system design and wetland delineation experience.

Auntie Anne's launches charitable campaign

Auntie Anne's launched its "give a little, laugh a lot" campaign this week.

The world's largest hand-rolled soft pretzel franchise aims to raise $500,000 in eight weeks for Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation and will ask guests to join in the fight against childhood cancer by visiting their local store to purchase a $1 lemon icon featuring a fun, kid-friendly lemon joke. In appreciation of the donation, Auntie Anne's will provide a coupon for $1 off the next purchase of any pretzel product and drink.

From 2 to 4 p.m., now through Thursday, Sept. 26, guests can visit any of the soft pretzel company's 1,012 domestic stores each Tuesday and Thursday, purchase a $1 lemon icon and a 21 ounce soda or lemonade, and receive a free pretzel, in addition to the $1 off coupon to be used on a future visit. Guests are also encouraged to share their own lemon joke via their favorite social media platform and use the hashtag #LemonHappy.